#DED65C#DED65C

#DED65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.143 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED65C
RGB	rgb(222, 214, 92)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.17, -12.35, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.17, 61.05, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0382 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.143 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.1044, 64.3973, 19.5977)
Luminance	0.6440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED65C #5C64DE

analogous

#DE955C #DED65C #A5DE5C

triadic

#DED65C #5CDED6 #D65CDE

tetradic

#DED65C #5CDE95 #5C64DE #DE5CA5

square

#DED65C #5CDE95 #5C64DE #DE5CA5

split-complementary

#DED65C #5CA5DE #955CDE

monochromatic

#9F9820 #D2C82B #DED65C #E8E38F #F3F0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DED65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#DED65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED65C

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED65C	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 214, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.143 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe28f',
    500: '#ded65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded65c;
$custom-light: #ebe28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85929,
    "c": 0.14284,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED65C

secondary

#3C42A3

accent

#23CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED65C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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